Milk talk!!

So I have a few questions about my almost 2 year old and milk and was wondering what you guys are doing?

Do you still give your toddler milk before bed? George usually goes for a
snuggle with me for about 45 minutes before bed time, during that time I
give him a warm cup of milk.

Are you still warming up the milk before giving it to your toddler? (We do he wont drink it cold from me but will for other people, maybe since I BF'd (done)him he knows that mommy gives only warm milk)

When your toddler turns two are you switching him/her to 2% milk or
keeping them on whole? I think we are going to keep George on whole milk
as his weight has been stable at 27# for 6 months now.. Docs dont want
him to loose any weight..

And lastly how much milk are you giving your toddler at this point in a
day? We are at 16-24oz still, 8oz when he wakes, 8oz at lunch and 8oz
before bed.

So I have a few questions about my almost 2 year old and milk and was wondering what you guys are doing?

Do you still give your toddler milk before bed? George usually goes for a
snuggle with me for about 45 minutes before bed time, during that time I
give him a warm cup of milk.

Are you still warming up the milk before giving it to your toddler? (We do he wont drink it cold from me but will for other people, maybe since I BF'd (done)him he knows that mommy gives only warm milk)

When your toddler turns two are you switching him/her to 2% milk or
keeping them on whole? I think we are going to keep George on whole milk
as his weight has been stable at 27# for 6 months now.. Docs dont want
him to loose any weight..

And lastly how much milk are you giving your toddler at this point in a
day? We are at 16-24oz still, 8oz when he wakes, 8oz at lunch and 8oz
before bed.

* No - Gabriela drinks her milk with meals. That said, Luca loved a cup of milk before bed until right around the 2.5 year mark.

* No - Gabriela has actually preferred it cold since she started drinking it out of a cup. Luca liked warm milk, and still asks for it warm sometimes. I think it's just a person-to-person preference.

* Gabriela has been on 2% since she turned one. We'll be switching to 1% at age 2.

* Gabriela varies. Roughly, she drinks around 12-16 oz, but she also eats yogurt, cheese, etc. We give her milk at meal times and with her afternoon snack. Otherwise she generally has water with an occasional cup of juice. We don't have set "drinking milk" times.

Here are my answers:

* No - Gabriela drinks her milk with meals. That said, Luca loved a cup of milk before bed until right around the 2.5 year mark.

* No - Gabriela has actually preferred it cold since she started drinking it out of a cup. Luca liked warm milk, and still asks for it warm sometimes. I think it's just a person-to-person preference.

* Gabriela has been on 2% since she turned one. We'll be switching to 1% at age 2.

* Gabriela varies. Roughly, she drinks around 12-16 oz, but she also eats yogurt, cheese, etc. We give her milk at meal times and with her afternoon snack. Otherwise she generally has water with an occasional cup of juice. We don't have set "drinking milk" times.

Like Jayme, I only give Lily milk with meals. She drinks about 5-6 ounces each meal so 15-18 ounces a day. In the summer, I started giving Lily cold milk because it was hot out. She continues to get cold milk and she's fine with it. At her 18 month appointment, her doctor said to switch to 2%. I'll ask her doctor at the two year appointment to see what kind of milk we should give Lily.

Like Jayme, I only give Lily milk with meals. She drinks about 5-6 ounces each meal so 15-18 ounces a day. In the summer, I started giving Lily cold milk because it was hot out. She continues to get cold milk and she's fine with it. At her 18 month appointment, her doctor said to switch to 2%. I'll ask her doctor at the two year appointment to see what kind of milk we should give Lily.

We give Adalyn milk in a sippy cup for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We are lucky if she drinks one whole sippy cup a day. She's not a big drinker of anything so it's hard to get her to drink much more. We do give her yogurt, cheese, etc to get in some more dairy. We are still on whole milk. Adalyn is really skinny so I'm sure we'll be on it for awhile. We'll probably readdress what kind to have at her 2 year check up. Oh, and we do the milk cold. I have never tried to warm it up. I wonder if swohe uld drink more if it were warmed up. Hmm...

We give Adalyn milk in a sippy cup for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We are lucky if she drinks one whole sippy cup a day. She's not a big drinker of anything so it's hard to get her to drink much more. We do give her yogurt, cheese, etc to get in some more dairy. We are still on whole milk. Adalyn is really skinny so I'm sure we'll be on it for awhile. We'll probably readdress what kind to have at her 2 year check up. Oh, and we do the milk cold. I have never tried to warm it up. I wonder if swohe uld drink more if it were warmed up. Hmm...

We give Brady cold milk with meals and any other time he wants a drink. Apple juice is something we try to limit, though it's easier when we are out and about.
We are keeping him on whole milk because he's on the small side (weight not height) but with a move overseas in two weeks I'm not sure if that will be an option.
He probably drinks more than 24oz a day and can drink more than a gallon a week

We give Brady cold milk with meals and any other time he wants a drink. Apple juice is something we try to limit, though it's easier when we are out and about.
We are keeping him on whole milk because he's on the small side (weight not height) but with a move overseas in two weeks I'm not sure if that will be an option.
He probably drinks more than 24oz a day and can drink more than a gallon a week

Will gets a bedtime snack, which includes milk. He doesn't drink a set amount.. in fact, some days he drinks a lot and some days he doesn't drink much at all. I worry more about hydration for him than calcium and other nutrients since he loves yogurt and cheese. He has always had his milk cold. It sounds like George is enjoying the warm milk/snuggle time before bed. I would enjoy that as long as it lasts! He started drinking cow's milk when I was still BFing, plus he got formula sometimes and that was either room temp or cold! So he was just never picky I guess! When he turns 2, his doc said to put him on whatever we drink, which is skim. I'll probably transition him slowly by buying 2% first, then going down from there. I think he has had skim before and didn't seem to care, so hopefully that will go well. I also wanted to add that we are working on trying to make him a good water drinker before having juice (he's tasted it before). His Dr. is very anti-juice, so we are holding off on giving him some as a treat even until he enjoys water more.

Will gets a bedtime snack, which includes milk. He doesn't drink a set amount.. in fact, some days he drinks a lot and some days he doesn't drink much at all. I worry more about hydration for him than calcium and other nutrients since he loves yogurt and cheese. He has always had his milk cold. It sounds like George is enjoying the warm milk/snuggle time before bed. I would enjoy that as long as it lasts! He started drinking cow's milk when I was still BFing, plus he got formula sometimes and that was either room temp or cold! So he was just never picky I guess! When he turns 2, his doc said to put him on whatever we drink, which is skim. I'll probably transition him slowly by buying 2% first, then going down from there. I think he has had skim before and didn't seem to care, so hopefully that will go well. I also wanted to add that we are working on trying to make him a good water drinker before having juice (he's tasted it before). His Dr. is very anti-juice, so we are holding off on giving him some as a treat even until he enjoys water more.

We do cold milk. Now he usually only has milk before his nap and before bed (maybe 12oz total?). At meals I let him pick his drink between water, milk or 'green drink' (my veggie/fruit smoothies). He usually chooses water though... Like others, he's really big on yogurt and cheese though.

We do cold milk. Now he usually only has milk before his nap and before bed (maybe 12oz total?). At meals I let him pick his drink between water, milk or 'green drink' (my veggie/fruit smoothies). He usually chooses water though... Like others, he's really big on yogurt and cheese though.

Emilee has cold milk with her meals, unless she asks for it at other times. She drinks whole milk and only around 10-20 oz/day. Some days less. On days she doesn't drink a lot of milk she seems to make it up with having yogurt of cheese.

Emilee has cold milk with her meals, unless she asks for it at other times. She drinks whole milk and only around 10-20 oz/day. Some days less. On days she doesn't drink a lot of milk she seems to make it up with having yogurt of cheese.

If Caity had to choice, her diet would be 90% liquid and the rest chocolate. Chocolate milk being the best of both worlds. So I try and only offer her milk in between meals and at bed time. She does get apple juice because of bathroom problems. 8 oz of apple juice keeps things moving.

I've never warmed up her milk and she gets both whole milk and 2%. I'll probably keep her on the 2% after her birthday.

I'm not really sure just how much she is drinking right now. More than she should, I'm sure.

If Caity had to choice, her diet would be 90% liquid and the rest chocolate. Chocolate milk being the best of both worlds. So I try and only offer her milk in between meals and at bed time. She does get apple juice because of bathroom problems. 8 oz of apple juice keeps things moving.

I've never warmed up her milk and she gets both whole milk and 2%. I'll probably keep her on the 2% after her birthday.

I'm not really sure just how much she is drinking right now. More than she should, I'm sure.

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